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shoopnyc (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 05:57 AM Original message |
New show "Outsourced"....does anyone else find this new comedy troubling? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ahh yes.. warm fuzzies to make us forget what's actually going on. . .n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Exactly. They diffuse actual criticism (and the true implications of oursourcing) and |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sick. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder if my SIL is in it - she did that in real life for years...she went to India |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. I can't figure out which is more humorous |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. so who do they focus on? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. My prediction: It will last about as long as "Gung Ho" did in the Eighties. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. I watched it to see how they were treating the issue. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yea, it was pretty awful, and amazingly cookie-cutter. |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. I find it unfortunate... |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I don't know about that..... |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. Seemed to be in dubious taste much of the time. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. I saw a few minutes of it and found the stereotyping troubling |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. The show highlights the problem of global corps exploiting humans. |
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ThomasQED (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I agree with you and I liked it. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. The show sucks. To be troubling, it would have to be good. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. I found it offensively horrible |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. Good thing for NBC that somebody invented the canned laughter machine. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. You mean the canned laughter machine that's made in China? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Intended to soften the public's attitude to jobs leaving here I would guess. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Agreed. And putting faces and lives to the people taking jobs |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's not appropriate considering what's going on. |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. The earnest, young Everyman/ hero lacks self-examination, cheerfully abandons his co-workers... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hey lets bring back Bum Fights videos too ...and while yer at it why not have a tv show about... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Unwatchable, although I love their office |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. I won't watch it. n/t |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yeah. Like that "comedy" from years ago about a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. or that comedy about being POWs or a comedy about a bunch of guys who hang out in a bar |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. So, don't watch it. Problem solved. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. I watched it, and just didn't find it that funny. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. More bread and circuses to soothe the gladiators and slaves |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Damn Straight!!!! |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. The show is made overseas? nt |
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